Improved composition for cleaning painted surfaces



licited fitatlrt awe BENJAMIN F. SHAW, OF PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 86,702

, dated February 9, 1869.

IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR CLEANING PAINTED SURFACES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, BENJAMINF. SHAW, of Peabody, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a .new and improved Composition-of Matter for Oleaning Painted Surfaces; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in combining the detergents, liquor ammonia; and soap, with the solvents, alcohol and water, in such proportions as elficiency and harmlessnessrequire.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention,pI will proceed to describe its manufac ture and mode of use. 7 g

' Imake'my new and improved composition of the following-mentioncd ingredients, and the proportions of those ingredients here stated, viz:

Seventeen parts or fluid-ounces of rain-water, or other soft water.

One part or avoirdupois-ounce of (lastile soap, or Ma-rseilles soap, made of olive-oil, soda, and iron, for

coloring, dissolved'in said water, warmed.

Two parts or fluid-ounces of alcohol, of ninety-five per cent. pure spirits.

Four parts or fluid-ounces of liquor aimnomaz, of the gravity of 26 Baum, commonly known as liquor ammonia: F F F. Y

The ingredients I mix in the order here observed, though I cannot say that this is essential.

The composition, which I name White Windsor House-Cleaning Fluid, is to be diluted for use with four fluid equivalents of soft water, and thoroughly agitated, as bydirections which are printed for each bottle.

t is intended to be applied with a sponge previously moistened with soft water, and applied till the grease-- and grime shall have started. or formed a float, whereupon it is to be washed oh by means of a sponge or wash-cloth. The surface treated is thereupon to be dried by means of a linen towel. of application may be employed, if preferred.

This new and improv'ed composition of matter is highly volatile, leaving nothing upon the su face to alcohol, and soap, in the proportions stated, or in other suitableproportions, for cleaning-purposes.

BENJAMIN F. SHAW. Y Witnesses:

Freon POOLE, STEPHEN BLANEY.

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